Hazel Sharp, 102, holds a picture of herself and with her daughters during the celebration of her 102nd birthday earlier this month.

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Hazel Sharp has been a mother for longer than most people have been alive.

Today, the Pike County native, who turned 102 earlier this month, will celebrate her 83rd Mother's Day. She has five daughters, the oldest of whom was born several months before the stock market crash of 1929. Her youngest just reached retirement age.

The women Sharp raised remember her as a strict disciplinarian, skilled seamstress and talented cook. They also said Sharp taught them the value of hard work. ...